Feb 11th and still no new news

[Daniolaut]

My personal estimation.

FFXIV beta invites contest for EU contestants who have a FFXIV SE entry deadline is Feb. 14th 10am. (GMT)
** http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/threads/60244
-this gives plenty of time to select the 30 winners by Feb. 15th.

Yoshida said he would be getting the next letter from the producer out in the "next few days" on Feb 12th
-Feb 15th ish.

NA rep probably will post this one soon... but anyways...

プロデューサ兼ディレクタの吉田です。
サンフランシスコに到着しましたが、今朝は数年に1度あるかないかの大寝坊で、
関係者の肝を冷やしまくってしまいました……。飛行機間に合って良かった^^;
現在はホテルに缶詰でレターを作成しています、あと数日で公開できるのではないかと。
同時にβマニュアルや公開範囲告知のチェック、開発とのやりとり、遠隔からのβログインでのチェックなど、
なかなかにアレです、海外にいる雰囲気ゼロです（苦笑
明日はいよいよ会場でのリハーサル、それが終わればもうメディア対応と移動のみという、
超過密スケジュールに突入します。その様子はM女史やモルボルがレポートしてくれると思います！
タバコが吸えなくてゲンナリしている吉田でしたー。ではまた！
Producer/Director Yoshida here,
We arrived San Francisco, but this morning I overslept, this only happens maybe once a year or never. I scared the daylights out of the staff...... Glad we made it on boarding time ^^;
Right now I'm preparing the letter at the hotel, should be able to get this out in next few days.
Also got lots of stuff going on at the same time, checking the Beta manual, checking the announcements, talking with the devs, logging in to Beta and making checks. It doesn't feel like I'm at overseas (laugh)
Tomorrow we'll finally start rehearsal at the stage, once that's over we just head over to the medias with super hard schedule. I'm sure Lady M and Moldbol will keep you guys in the loop on that part!
Alright that's it for now, talk to you guys later!

The exact middle of a normal month.
-Feb 15th

Announcing new information after the end of the media tour
-Tour should end around Feb 15th.

The next Live Letter from the Producer will be Feb. 22.
**This would most likely include Yoshida in the Beta test with testers
-Should be live at least one week after beta has started, ample time for people to have the email, the client downloaded and characters made, and be underway. Feb. 15th (one week before.)

http://lodestone.finalfantasyxiv.com...bb988ceab52575

So my estimation is Feb. 15th. The absolute latest would be Feb. 18th.
(The absolute latest of my prediction according to this information. Everyone should know SE is capable of pushing anything further than common sense could imagine.)